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to liim ? ” “ Give him fifty blows with a stick,” cries 
the angry Emperor, and the unfortunate fellow is hauled 
away to receive such a punishment as will lame him for 
a month. 
There is now heard a lowing of cattle, of fat beeves 
and milch-cows, in the court before the audience-hall, 
and a man advances, and after prostration and “ Twi- 
yanzis ” says he has brought a present from Mankorongo, 
king of Usui. 
“ H’m. See to them, Katekiro, and give one to my 
steward Ka-uta to dress up, and let each chief have an 
ox to-day, and give ten to my body-guard.” At this 
liberality all the chiefs rush forward, abase themselves 
in the dust, and cry aloud their fervid “ Twiyanzis.” 
The chiefs resume their seats after this exhibition of 
their gratitude, and a messenger arrives from the banks 
